Christmas 2009

Where has time gone? It is 2 weeks til Christmas and I have very few gifts.

I have been busy with this little girl..... my 3 old "adopted niece"

and my own 8 yr old boy and try to also manage to be a Mom

to a college kid.

This is Kaylea. She just turned 3. She is my sister in laws, brothers little girl.

Her Mom passes away about a yr ago and I have

tried to do some "Mommy" stuff with her.

I have had a lot of fun with her as you can imagine.

She is like part of us now.

This is Matthew and MacKenzie. She got accepted to UT Knoxville

also but has not decided yet where she will go. She will graduate in 2010.

They have done good making it work with him in Knoxville and her here.

We went to Opryland hotel this week. Here is

Jaden and I.

Hate pictures of me!

Uhgggggg

My brother and his family. His wife Karla,

my niece Kassie, and nephew Kolson.

The Kiddo's



I took this a few weeks ago outside when Jaden was going to have some
pictures made for his other grandmother.
Thought it was a neat picture!


Our beautiful fall.... of course all that is gone now.

Happy Holidays and Happy shopping to me.

Ha. Lord I have so much to do!

With Love,

Michelle

Our Home Tour.....See where we live!

But first I wanted to tell you that.........

October is Breast Cancer Month.

I know several people that have been affected by breast cancer so this

has opened my eyes to this horrible illness.

I went yesterday and did a Mammogram for the first time ever.

Of course it is not something they recommend until you reach 40 I think

so of course I am barely there :)

I am glad to say that it was painless and it was

all normal.

Now for the last few months I have not posted much. I love

reading Kelly's blog http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/

She always does a post on Fridays about her home,

her nursery , her cooking, her wedding and all sorts of stuff.

I had several people email me when I did post one time and it was pictures of my

kitchen. So here is the rest of the story....

Welcome to our home!!!!!!!!

Enjoy.......

Our Kitchen area

Master bedroom

Another view of the master bedroom



Nite stand in bedroom. I love my laps.

Spare bathroom that I just redone in Blue/Zebra

Again, love this little lamp. It's really cute at night.

Shower curtain from Target' (Tar Jay')

Living room. Really don't like this room. Want to do

a major make over.

Foyer area

Hearth room area. This is where I spend most of my time.

It is right off the kitchen. Now I just need me a 45" flat screen.

Front porch area decorated for fall.

Front door. LOVE my door!!!

Love this grass out back. It is really pretty .

Front view . Today its 82 and sunny. I have cleaned

house all day and worked in yard which I love to do.

To me the outside is just as important as the inside.

First impressions are always the most lasting and you see

the outside before you see the inside! I am as particular

about the outside as I am the inside if not more so. :)

No weeds in this yard or landscaping. I love my yard.

Love my landscaping.

Hope you have a great weekend.!!!

Galz.... did you hear the news?????

It is not official, but reports are that JAKE will be the new Bachelor

when the show starts back in Jan 2010.

I am sure I will be multi-texting about 4 people when this show starts.
We always have so much fun with this!

Let's play a little catch-up!

I know.............it's about time. I have had so much going on that I barely have time to do a thing. But I have found time tonight since Jaden is on fall break to download some pics and post on my blog. I am gonna try to do better with this. I have however been on facebook and that takes up some of my time.

Anyway .......what have we been up to? Well we got Matt moved off to college, we got Jaden into 3rd grade. We are done with all baseball right now. I am helping out with my little niece. She is really not my niece but it is my sister in laws niece (her brothers daughter). Anyway to make a long story short her name is Kaylea. She will be 3 in November. She is the sweetest thing ever. Her Mommy died about a year ago and she has been surrounded by love and family .My Mom watches her for the most part while her Daddy works.
I enrolled her into a preschool 2 days a week at the church down the road. Needless to say, she loves it. I take her and pick her up. She can't say my name real good but it is getting better. But she calls me "Cher" . It is so cute.

Anyway...enjoy the pics.
Hope to post again soon.

Kaylea's 1st day of school

Her New school

New friends. She jumped right in.

Ms. Heather giving Kaylea her name tag. Kaylea calls her Ms. Feather.

Walking into school.

So what is this all about?

This is her at open house day.

Big girl

Now a little baseball.............

***** Jaden batting

Jaden good job pitching.

Now onto Matt and MacKenzie (his GF). This is the day

before he moved to Knoxville.

Moving into Dorm...Jaden is not sure about this.

Moving the bed down.

This is Matt and Mac playing basketball night before the big move.

Thats about all folks.............yes Matt and Mackenzie are doing great even though

he is in Knoxville and she is here. We have visited a few times and they skype.

They are a sweet couple.

He seems to be adjusting well and doing well. I am doing great now.

The first couple of weeks were hard!

Love to all.

I'm back! Summer 2009

Well as they say.... I'm BACK! I have not really been anywhere other than going

crazy this summer. We have had lots of stuff going on. I have been so busy with life.

My kids keep me going non-stop.

This post is full of pictures and they are not really in order. I am

going to get better about that, but I was in a hurry and wanted to share

some of what we have been doing this summer.

1. Matthew Graduated
2. We played lots and lots of baseball
3. Me and another Mom took 4 teenage boys on a cruise for Graduation
4. Matt chose his college... UT KNOXVILLE
5. Played more baseball
6. Visited the college and dorms
7. Went to Atlanta for baseball! Jaden and I caught a Braves/Yankees game.
8. Matt is having lots of fun with his Girlfriend. I love her, she is a real sweet heart.
9. Buying lots of dorm stuff and college things
10. Matthews baseball is over for now, Jaden will play fall ball.
11. Jaden started 3rd grade yesterday, July 22, 2009.
12. 3 weeks til Matt moves out.
13. Work is still slow....pray that gets better.

Jaden started 3rd grade

Matt and Mackenzie at Graduation

Matt and MacKenzie at Jadens game

We had great seats at Braves Game. Close to Chipper :)

Kids playing at Granny's. Silly

me and the boys before Graduation

We will miss Steve McNair. This death really upset me.

Some of Matt's friends at his Graduation Party.

his cake...one of them. We had a UT cake too.

The boys before we left on cruise. This was at Disney

UT Knoxville.....I think I'm ready for this???

Model dorm of Matt's new home. This is exactly how his will be set up

2 beds. Community bath. All brand new furniture. Mom (me) is happy about that......

Matthews Dorm. Hess Hall in Knoxville

Well, that is it for now. I hope to be able to do more and more. I have just

had no time.

Hope everyone is having a great summer.

Until next time,

Michelle :)